Hiking Bridger Peaks

Jolie and I spent a weekend hiking two peaks in the Bridger Range near Bozeman in late June. Day one was up to Ross Peak in the background.

Wildflowers were spectacular at Ross Pass. There is a rocky scramble route to top of Ross Peak in this picture, but I was too chicken so we found a grassier, safer and longer route

View from Ross Peak towards Bozeman and Madison Range in the distance

Jolie at the top of Ross Peak - total climb of 3,600 feet. From the top we could clearly see five different mountain ranges (Bridgers, Tobacco Roots, Madison, Crazies and Absarokee's)

A bouquet of wildflowers Jolie picked for our center piece at forest service cabin we rented for the night

Large snowfield on the way up to the saddle beneath Sacajawea Peak, our destination on the second day.

View of the route we took to get to the saddle below Sacajawea Peak (out of view on the right)

Happy at the top of Sacajawea - we took the long way down (Jolie was happy the whole way, Eric not so much when we had to climb an extra 500 feet on the way out - but there was ice cream waiting for us in town, so all was good!)

We saw this curious mountain goat near the top of an peak adjacent to Sacajawea, Naya Nuki (yes, that is the correct name).

This guy was rubbing himself in the snow to get rid of his winter coat.